Ossie

"Ossie" is short for ostrich, and that's what native Ganymedans look like, except that their necks are shorter, their heads are larger, and their feathers look as if they were about to fall out by the roots.

Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories Greenberg, Martin H. 1990

Residents said the dead man was unemployed divorcee Mark Osler - known by friends as "Ossie" - and the injured woman 40-year-old Rachel Puttock.

icScotland 2010

Detectives were continuing to investigate the shooting incident - during which a baby also received a bump to his head - in Feltwell, Norfolk, and part of the village remained sealed off. unemployed divorcee Mark Osler - known by friends as "Ossie" - and the injured woman

Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

"Ossie" - and the injured woman 40-year-old Rachel Puttock.

Evening Standard - Home 2010

"Ossie" - and the injured woman 40-year-old Rachel Puttock.

Evening Standard - Home 2010

His driver, Beryl Osborne, known as Ossie, had her fingers crossed for his promotion, because she would be able to exchange her tatty old ministerial car for a bright new model.

BBC News - Home 2011

Gruebel earned the moniker "Saint Ossie" in Switzerland for helping to restore Credit Suisse Group AG's profits and reputation in his previous CEO role, and for a trading acumen that included spotting the subprime debacle early.

BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

Mr Osler, known as Ossie, a grandfather to Elise Peckham, five, and Oakley, one, with a third grandchild on the way, was said by the family to have a love of motor and banger racing and metal detecting which he taught his sons.

EDP24 News 2010

: IRS Issues Could Pry Open Secret Swiss Accounts Mr. Grübel, a German citizen better known as Ossie, said he envisions a maximum stay of five years.

UBS Makes a Change at the Top 2009

Last week the country's rival political partners -- Merkel's Christian Democrats and the Social Democratic Party, now under the baton of fellow "Ossie" Matthias Platzeck -- finally hammered out their shared agenda for governing.

Periscope 2007